--- Robert Jung <RobertMJung@...> wrote:
> Old |ei| is now |yi| (since |y| is /V/. Please
> ignore the 'strange' spelling. I know it seems
> as such, but as long as it works, it's fine
> with me.)
Y = /V/? That's pretty bizarre! Isn't it /i/ in
Welsh now?
> I call it an umlaut, not a diaeresis. I like
> 'umlaut' better - it sounds more exotic. :) And
> aren't they the same thing anyway?
Yes and no. There are three words (trema,
dieresis and umlaut) that are indiscriminately
used to mean "two small dots over a vowel" in
English. Each has technical meanings that most
people don't give a whit for - best usage is
probably trema. None of them are actually
incorrect for your purposes, though.
> > Personally, I don't see the point of
> tinkering around with a
> > more or less phonemic spelling - certainly
> not to make it
> > less phonemic.
> >
> > If ever a spelling cried out for a more
> phonemic approach
> > it's English! But I don't see what this has
> got to do with
> > conlanging.
>
> It was an experiment; I just wanted to see what
> people would think. And I'll give you an
> English spelling reform if you like - I've
> already written it! :)
NOOO! ;)
Padraic.
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